multireed

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adjective

Of or relating to more than one reed, as in a musical instrument.

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Meanings

adjectivemultireed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to more than one reed, as in a musical instrument.

    Dorge's New Jungle Orchestra proved a delightful surprise for many at the '87 Chicago Jazz Fest; this weekend, he appears with two charter members of that troupe--his wife Irene Becker on keyboards and multireed man Morten Carlsen--as well as frequent sideman Chicagoan Hamid Drake on drums.

    1988 November 18, Neil Tesser, “Pierre Dorge Quartet”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2020

Origin

From multi- + reed.

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Cite this entry
APA

multireed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multireed

MLA

“multireed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multireed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multireed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multireed.

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